Victory Parade Celebrates Oakland Ballers' Championship Win, City's First Baseball Title Since 1989

Oakland Ballers Baseball Team Celebrates Championship With Hyphy-Infused West Oakland Parade

The minor-minor leaguer Oakland Ballers won a championship in just their second year of existence, and took to the streets with their wacky possum mascot Sunday to celebrate how they’ve replaced the Oakland A’s with a bona fide champion. The Bay Area is currently enjoying a Golden Age of upstart new cult-hit sports teams. The Class C minor league Baseball team Oakland Ballers, founded largely out of inspired spite toward the Oakland A’s for leav…

Oakland celebrates Ballers championship

A day full of celebration Sunday for the Oakland Ballers. Fans gathered near Raimondi Park in West Oakland for a parade celebrating the independent baseball team’s Pioneer League Championship. “We’re here to celebrate the championship with the city of Oakland,” said Paul Freedman, Oakland Ballers co-founder. “This has been a community effort and we couldn’t have done it without all of the members of the Oakland community who have been a part of …

Victory parade celebrates Oakland Ballers' championship win, city's first baseball title since 1989

In Oakland, baseball fans lined the streets to celebrate the city's first baseball title in more than 35 years.

Oakland celebrates Ballers' championship win with a parade

By Da Lin Oakland turned out in full force on Sunday afternoon to celebrate its newest hometown heroes, the Oakland Ballers, after the team won the Pioneer Baseball League Championship. The parade circled Raimondi Park in West Oakland, where the Ballers play their home games. Fans cheered and chanted “Let’s go, Oakland” as players waved from convertibles and floats during the celebration, which organizers described as a moment of pride for a cit…